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Best Value Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

2023 Best Value Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$5,620 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,693 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree School for You

Building Management & Inspection is the #26 most popular major in the country with 5,269 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

The Best Value Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Plains States Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for building management students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for building management majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Building Management & Inspection

Our analysis found Southeast Community College Area to be the best value school for building management & inspection students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Lincoln, Southeast Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Southeast Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,864 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Community and Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Rochester, Rochester Community and Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

Rochester Community and Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,670 in tuition and fees each year. On average, building management graduates from Rochester Community and Technical College take out $20,207 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

In addition to its great value ranking, Rochester Community and Technical College is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Northeast Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value building management & inspection schools in the Plains States Region . Northeast is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Norfolk.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northeast are $5,130 per year. Building Management majors at Northeast take out an average of $9,582 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Mitchell Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value building management & inspection schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the rural area of Mitchell, Mitchell Tech is a public school with a small student population.

Mitchell Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $7,524 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lake Area Technical Institute. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the remote town of Watertown, LATI is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LATI are $6,718 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, LATI is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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With a ranking of #6, Metropolitan Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for building management & inspection students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Omaha, MCC is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MCC are $4,815 a year.

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Best Building Management & Inspection Colleges by State

Explore the best building management & inspection schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 60
Missouri 15
Minnesota 59
South Dakota 51
North Dakota 7
Nebraska 156

One of 6 majors within the trade school area of study, building management & inspection has other similar majors worth exploring.

Building Management Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Building/Property Maintenance 1,549
Building Construction Technology 1,448
Building/Construction Site Management/Manager 1,116
Other Building/Construction Finishing, Management, & Inspection 529
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector 261
Drywall Installation/Drywaller 92
Concrete Finishing/Concrete Finisher 84
Insulator 61
Painting/Painter & Wall Coverer 58
Glazier 33
Carpet, Floor, & Tile Worker 21
Roofer 17

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 26,459
Carpentry 3,899
Plumbing & Water Supply 2,888
Construction 1,813
Masonry 284

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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